Re: 2000/XP print processor

If you install a printer in the Printers and Faxes folder on that same port,
it will in addition make everything to that port go through the print queue.
I assume you have eliminated this additional layer?

Paul

"Davide Guolo" <guolo.NOSPAM.davide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bob,

Yes
One line at a time.
I have the ability to mod the program, but not the utility that
captures and endcaps from within the program.

ok.

Rewriting, save to file and then send the file will work, but major
rewrite of program. The client is prob. going to dump the program in a
year or two, hence the new workstations. Moving into the windows era.

Well, then perhaps you could explore the "prindir9" suggestion (I've
succesfully used it on some XP systems).
http://www.simtel.net/product.php%5Bid%5D49062%5Bsekid%5D0%5BSiteID%5Dsimtel.net

Prindir9 could allow you to forward the LPT output to a file without major
rewritings. You would then only have to add a single line of code at the
print job end: "COPY file.txt LPT1:".
At that point the capture/endcap utility will continue to do its job as
always.

Win9X let you goto LPT port. If the printprocessor
and spooler were involved, they didn't do anything. 2K/XP changed
things with how LPT are dealt with. I wish I could revert to an older
print processor just for LPT1

I don't think you can bypass the hardware abstraction layer on NT based
systems.

Regards,
Davide
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